The CPU race is clearly already focused on multiple cores, not GHz. The next race is going to be in software and I/O. Multithreaded everything. More cache on CPU. Better memory controllers. Faster Bus ASICs and resulting front side buses. Nice machines are targeted for media and science applications....
Wait a second, most x86 has had RISC underbelly since pentium pro. Everyone is multithreading everything. I/O is getting a lot more press. Cache is multiplying. CPU clock is no longer the end all be all. The desktop is opengl. Programmable gfx and audio cards? If I didn't have a calendar, I would swear that we were discussing SGI, circa late 90's. Ahhh, SGI. RIP.
Is this what nerds do instead of have sex with their girlfriends? No girlfriend? No problem. Trade in some of that flash memory for a store-bought girlfriend, and you still might have enough money left over to buy a new flash-based nano or shuffle....and/. : what's up with your captcha image? You might as well just ask me to guess what number that you are thinking of, because it's gonna take me hours to figure out what the heck that image is supposed to spell. Well, several seconds anyway. I'll never get those seconds back, you know?
What about turbo code or QT animation (rle) @ 100% quality? I've never used the turbocodec, but that's how martian probes send back images uncompressed. I've stored hours of HDTV cgi using quicktime animation @ 100% quality. I am not sure whether it's lossless or not, but I couldn't see a difference.
If neither of those work, just get a mac and set a folder action applescript to compress/uncompress all of the raw images when the folder is opened/closed.
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The CPU race is clearly already focused on multiple cores, not GHz. The next race is going to be in software and I/O. Multithreaded everything. More cache on CPU. Better memory controllers. Faster Bus ASICs and resulting front side buses. Nice machines are targeted for media and science applications....
Wait a second, most x86 has had RISC underbelly since pentium pro. Everyone is multithreading everything. I/O is getting a lot more press. Cache is multiplying. CPU clock is no longer the end all be all. The desktop is opengl. Programmable gfx and audio cards? If I didn't have a calendar, I would swear that we were discussing SGI, circa late 90's. Ahhh, SGI. RIP.
Is this what nerds do instead of have sex with their girlfriends? No girlfriend? No problem. Trade in some of that flash memory for a store-bought girlfriend, and you still might have enough money left over to buy a new flash-based nano or shuffle....and /. : what's up with your captcha image? You might as well just ask me to guess what number that you are thinking of, because it's gonna take me hours to figure out what the heck that image is supposed to spell. Well, several seconds anyway. I'll never get those seconds back, you know?
Is this digg? This is obviously BS. Why is this here?
What about turbo code or QT animation (rle) @ 100% quality?
I've never used the turbocodec, but that's how martian probes send back images uncompressed. I've stored hours of HDTV cgi using quicktime animation @ 100% quality. I am not sure whether it's lossless or not, but I couldn't see a difference.
If neither of those work, just get a mac and set a folder action applescript to compress/uncompress all of the raw images when the folder is opened/closed.